Camera



Patented @et 14, 193@ vili@ STATES JOI-IN K. BRODER-ICK, OF KIRKWOOI), MISSOURI CAMERA Application filed March 15, 1926. Serial No. 94,725.

This invention relates to improvements in cameras, and consists of the novel construction hereinafter disclosed.

in object of the invention is to provide in a camera means whereby exposures of different dimensions may be made on films, comi bined with means for accurately centering films for the different dimensioned exposures.

dvantageous details of the construction will be apparent from the following detailed description of the invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a view with a portion of the box of the camera broken away to illustrate the mechanism in `plan view;

llig, 2 is a view with the back wall of the camera box removed to illustrate the invention in elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating certain parts o'f the mechanism.

ln the embodiment ofthe invention illustrated in the drawing, the mechanism is shown in lorporated in a film camera which includes box or case 1 of any suitable form, the back wall 2 of which is made removable for the insertion and removal of the film. The film is carried as usual on spools 3 and e mounted for rotation at opposite ends of the box, the film 5 winding from one spool to the other across a sight opening at the rear or" the exposure frame 6. The exposure frame 6 may be equipped with a bellows for focusing @ne camera or the camera may be made with a permanent frame with the standard focus.

lt will be understood that at spaced intervals, the film carries indiciaV which are exposed Jthrough selected ones of the openings .7 and 8 to indicate when the separate areas or" the film are centered for exposures. It will, ot course, be understood that :for films of narrower exposure, the indicia will be closer together the iilms Jrer wider exposures. rlie opening 8 is so disposed as to center the wider exposure films and the opening 7 for centering the narrower exposure lilms. The setting and adjustment for the centering of the films will be described hereinafter in its relationship to the adjustment of the sight opening for the different width of films.

lt will be understood that the back of the exposure frame is open and that trie area of the lilm'to be exposed is centered across this opening in preparing the camera for exposure. The narrowing ot this exposure opening is accomplished by providing at either side thereof` a vertical shutter 9. Each of these shutters is carried by a stem 10, said stems being mounted for pivot movement. Theupper end of each stem is carried in a bracket 11 attached to the top wall of the camera box and the lower end monnted in a socket 12 in the bottom wall of the camera box. Each stem is also provided with a small pinion 13 near its lower end and belov` the marginal edge of the film. rlhe shutters are arranged to swing outwardly towards the center of the exposure opening from a position parallel with the resoective side Walls of the exposure frame. The positions assumed by the shutter are clearly indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the inward adjust- 7 ment being shown in dotted lines in this fig ure, andthe path of movement being indicated by the arrows. Each shutter is provided with a vertical strip 9a of `felt or other similar material, so that when swung to position to mask a portion of the iilm, the strips will Contact with the film surface, and cxclu'de light from that area of the film that is masked by the shutters. rlhe shutters are arranged to be operated from the exterior ot' 85 the camera box so that, the adjustment may be eected without exposing the film.

The means for operating the shutters includes a bar 14 having an angular offset 15, a

v box. The bar 14 near one end carries spacedlugs 22 that project into lthe plane of the yextremity of the lever when the back wall of'V the camera is in placei the lower end -oi' the lever operating between the lugs so thatV the lever will be swung when the bar 14 is moved endwise. The lever 20 carries at ,its upperend a shutter 23 that extends over the side openings Vof the windows 7 and 8 selectively as the mechanism is adjusted.

In Fig. 2, the adjustment for the narrower -ilm exposure is shownin full lines, and that for thewider film exposure is shown in'dotters whereby the shutters are moved toward and away from each other.

3. In a camera having a pair of spaced sight openings, the combination of an exposure frame, shutters pivoted at each side of the exposure frame being of a less aggregate width than the width of the frame whereby the area of the surface of the lm to be exposed may be extended or narrowed, a lever operatively connected with the'shutters, said lever beingl provided with a disc joperating across said sight openings, a film Vholding device for moving` a ilm across the exposure frame, ailm in said device provided with corresponding indicia for centering saidiilm, and connections between the Y shutters 'and said lever whereby said lever is moved to open or close a respective one of.

said sight openings responsive tothe movement of the shutters.

' k- JOHN K. BRUDER-IGK.

ted lines. That is to say, when the wide film 'i exposure' is to be made, theopening 7 is closed and the film is centered by centering the numbers or other. indicia on the lm through the opening 8,*and when the narrower ilm exposure is used, the* opening 8 is closed and the lm is centered ,through the opening 7. Y Y.. i

From the foregoing, it will be understood thaty a camera constructed in accordance with Ythe invention may be used for wide or narrow exposure as desired by thesimple adjustment of the device -describedi VI kam aware that the inventionmay be modified in certain particulars without departure from the'spirit and scope thereof;

but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. In a camera, the combination of posure frame, shutters for narrowing or extending the area of Vsurface ot' the film to" j be exposed, a memberprovided with; a pair I of spaced sight openings for centering the lm, a member operatively'connected withVV i the shutters, said member operating Vacross the sight openings, and connections between the shutters and said member whereby'said member is moved to open 'or close said sight openings responsive to the movement 'of the Y shutters. I Y l V2. Ina camera,the combination with an exposure frame, pivoted lightprooi shutters arranged one at each side of said frame adapted to swing toward and away from the exposure area, light excluding means carriedV by said shutters and extending inwardly toward'the film, Van actuator, and gear connections between the actuator and .said shutllO 

